So I’m looking for new monitors. When I upgraded from computer speakers to monitors, I made a terrible choice in investing in used speakers. On eBay, even though they were only $100 for a pair of M-Audio BX5a’s and guaranteed to work, I can tell that they aren’t how they were when they were out of the box new. In addition, the left one had a small hole in the rim of the cone and over time it has grown exponentially larger so now that have of the rubber on the outside of the cone is detached. The right one was also missing foam on the bottom of it… Supposedly these speakers had some of the best high frequency response. After listening to some of my songs in a car with a Bose Stereo system, the high were too screechy and the mids were absent.

Basically, I’m looking for recommendations on what would be best for producing the music that I make. Would I need a pair of 8 inch speakers with a sub? Or would the speakers be enough? In all honesty, in order to judge the amount of bass in my songs I have to touch the speaker to see how much it is shaking to feel the bass, simply because I can’t hear it.

I’ll be waiting for some replies,
Thanks!

headphones do work great. usually, the bass, both sub and regular, are too loud in the mix when i don’t use headphones. a sub would help i think, if only to get a good estimation of what it’ll sound like. again, usually too loud, but you’ll also see if other bass sounds or muddiness are there that you don’t want.

Yamaha HS50M and a KRK 10S as a subwoofer.
But i’m not satified with it. I’d recommend a pair of 8” Speakers like Ya… HS80M or KRK RP8 or RP10…..in that case…you wouldnt need a subwoofer !!!

I have made the wrongest choice of my life buying a pair of Behringer MS40… so stay away from them!

I have tried KRK Rokit and their sound was great after more than 1 year of banging hard sounds!

IMHO, you should never use a sub in a studio to equalize your music as it pump them too much.